The essential episodes of America's Next Top Model
Watch these 15 in order and you've got America's Next Top Model — each pick states its reason.
- 01
The girls are left high and dry for their first ever photo shoot, only to discover some painful facts about modelling. One girl goes home with less than she started with.
- 02
The Girl Who Drives Everyone Crazy
One girl becomes obsessed with moisture, while another proves she a good liar. All the girls get a real eye openner when they arrive at their photoshoot.
- 03
The Girl Who Everyone Thinks is Killing Herself
The episode focuses mainly on Elyse, and how the house feels as though she might have an eating disorder. Elyse attempted to convince the girls otherwise, but to no avail. The competition the girls had were to have an interview with Steve Santagati, a member of the press.
- 04
The Girl Who Deals with a Pervert
The girls head for Wilhelmina where they are told they have to go on go-sees. While there, the girls are surprised with a trip to Paris. When the girls arrive in Paris, Robin proves she's full of hot air.
- 05
The Girls Who Get Really Naked
The four remaining girls bare it all at a risque photoshoot. Two of the girls fail to provail, while 2 end up on top. Then the girls get tested on there social skills. Some show too much, and some, no where near enough.
- 06
The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model
After returning from Paris, the girls resume living in the Flatotel, learning more about go-sees and auditioning for fashion shows. Baby Phat productions, created by Kimora, is holding auditions for their up and coming show and the girls try out. The remaining girls will work it with the top models in the biz at the Baby Phat fashion show during NYC's fashion week.
- 07
The semi-finalists for Cycle 16 head to Los Angeles, where Jay Emanuel and Miss J. help Tyra Banks pull a surprise switcheroo before the 14 finalists are chosen and move into the Top Model penthouse. At a beautiful Malibu estate, the models meet model/designer Erin Wasson and learn to walk a narrow runway - in a plastic bubble! Top fashion photographer Russell James is on hand for a backstage photo shoot. Finally, André Leon Tally and Nigel Barker join Erin and Tyra Banks on the judges' panel for the first elimination of Cycle 16.
- 08
After Tyra's nutritionist, Heather Bauer, tests the models" knowledge of healthy foods and gives them tips on "cheaties" they can use to improve their diet, two of the girls get into a verbal smackdown over a piece of chicken. With the help of acting coach Eugene Buica, Nigel challenges the girls to perform for the camera by getting in touch with their "inner critic." Photographer Mike Rosenthal and Jay Manuel take the models through a dramatic photo shoot with live bees, and one of the girls faces a personal crisis. Model and actress Alek Wek joins the judges to decide which girl will be eliminated.
- 09
The models spend a drama-filled day getting makeovers with top hair stylist Laurent D and fashion photographer Troy Jensen. At the next photo shoot, fashion stylist Lori Goldstein dresses the girls in couture dresses and photographer Pamela Hanson shoots them in small groups, leading to more than one meltdown. One of the models continues to push everyone's buttons. Lori Goldstein joins the judges panel to decide which girl will be eliminated.
- 10
The models are shocked to find that fire will be an element of their next runway challenge for designer Geoffrey Mac. Next, the models work in pairs to film a retro-style coffee commercial with photographer/director Francesco Carrozzini. Later, Carrozzini joins the judges panel to decide which girl will be eliminated.
- 11
The models face a unique challenge when they work as teams to write, direct and perform a commercial for a new line of CoverGirl cosmetics, all while dealing with emotional tension that leads one of the models to read the diary of another model. At the Los Angeles Zoo, the models wear a new line of faux fur clothes by stylist Rachel Zoe and pose with wild animals. Rachel Zoe also joins the judges panel to decide which girl will be eliminated.
- 12
Tyra helps the girls discover their individual "fashion archetypes," and gives them tips on how to deal with fame. After a challenge that involves meeting and interacting with the public at the Century City Mall, the winners get a dinner out with Miss Jay, while the loser has a bit of a meltdown. At the shoot with photographer Jonathan Mannion, the models pose wearing mud, and almost nothing else. Supermodel Sonia Dara joins the judges' panel to decide which girl will be eliminated.
- 13
The four remaining girls taste the delicacies in Morocco and, during a difficult challenge where the girls must conduct a tea tray-balancing dance with a twist, one of the models loses her cool. At the photo shoot in the outdoor market, one of the girls tries to overcome feeling sick, while another loses her confidence. London based fashion designer Daniella Issa Helayel joins the judges' panel to help choose the final three models.
- 14
AND THE WINNER IS? - There are only two girls left and the pressure takes a toll. During the taping of a Cover Girl commercial, one model overanalyzes her shoot and the other model's nerves begin to get the best of her. Later, the girls get a surprise that brings them both to tears and participate in a final runway show, where disaster strikes for one of the models. Jay Manuel joins the final judges' panel, where America's Next Top Model is chosen.
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